GPL/Windows 95 setup help

Eagerly awaiting the release of GPl I've been practicing at Monza and Watkins Glen. I have a Pentium II 233 Monster 3d (version one) and 32 meg of memory. Periodically while playing the game will briefly pause and the hard disk spin a bit. Distracting to say the least, Ive turned off what I can think of (fast find for example) can anyone point me to some setup tips to speed up Win95 so that it doesnt get in the way of GPL. I do plan to upgrade to 64meg memory on the same day a purchase GPL, hopefully this week. Jay

no real win tips but when I went from 32 to 64 it did help but not as much as putting in an 8meg thriller. this card is the best for papy sims

I think you should consider upgrading to 96 MB. In addition to getting rid of the pauses in the game, it will also store a lot more laps for the replay. I think half the fun is watching the replay after a race. -- ICQ #19661434 >Eagerly awaiting the release of GPl I've been practicing at Monza and >Watkins Glen. I have a Pentium II 233 Monster 3d (version one) and 32 >meg of memory. Periodically while playing the game will briefly pause >and the hard disk spin a bit. Distracting to say the least, Ive turned >off what I can think of (fast find for example) can anyone point me to >some setup tips to speed up Win95 so that it doesnt get in the way of >GPL. I do plan to upgrade to 64meg memory on the same day a purchase >GPL, hopefully this week. >Jay

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>Eagerly awaiting the release of GPl I've been practicing at Monza and >Watkins Glen. I have a Pentium II 233 Monster 3d (version one) and 32 >meg of memory. Periodically while playing the game will briefly pause >and the hard disk spin a bit. Distracting to say the least, Ive turned >off what I can think of (fast find for example) can anyone point me to >some setup tips to speed up Win95 so that it doesnt get in the way of >GPL. I do plan to upgrade to 64meg memory on the same day a purchase >GPL, hopefully this week.

More RAM is a good idea, definitely. Besides that, make sure you have no useless apps running in the background. To check this out, press ctrl+alt+del. This will bring up the task manager. The only stuff that should be there is Winmsuit, Systray and Explorer. Kill all the other tasks by selecting "end task". If you want to get rid of this stuff entirely, check your start-up folder and remove all entries. It's also possible that some programs installed themselves in the old win.ini under [windows] load= or run=. You're using Netscape. Some of the newer versions of it have the annoying habit of installing some useless and unasked for "AOL Instant Messenger" software which also runs in the background. The only way to get rid of this little *** is to edit the registry and to remove the key that starts this thing. And, last but not least, disable your screensaver and other power saving features. -- Wolfgang Preiss \ E-mail copies of replies to this posting are welcome.

% Eagerly awaiting the release of GPl I've been practicing at Monza and % Watkins Glen. I have a Pentium II 233 Monster 3d (version one) and 32 % meg of memory. Periodically while playing the game will briefly pause % and the hard disk spin a bit. Distracting to say the least, Ive turned % off what I can think of (fast find for example) can anyone point me to % some setup tips to speed up Win95 so that it doesnt get in the way of % GPL. I do plan to upgrade to 64meg memory on the same day a purchase % GPL, hopefully this week. More memory may help, but you may want set your virtual memory as a "locked" amount. It sounds as if Win95 in its infinite wisdom is realizing that it didn't guesstimate the correct amount of virtual memory and is now claiming more disk space. If you have enough disk space, make your virtual memory and least 2.5 x the amount of memory you have installed. Set both the lower and higher number the same. -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

More is not necessarily better. Many motherboards will only cache the first 64MB of physical memory. If something important happens to be placed in physical memory above the 64MB boundary, this could actually decrease performance significantly. Randy